Example sentences of "at a [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The urge for an independent central bank and a proposed Euro central bank comes at a particularly dangerous time , when recessions , depressions and even a slump can not be ruled out .
2 for a general election could not be long delayed after the new franchise came into effect and the war was at a particularly gloomy stage .
3 Once again , the two kings were stranded together at a time when the kingdom of Sicily was at a particularly explosive juncture in its long and turbulent history .
4 We were in a sort of back room , and at one point we gave a particularly loud whoop at a particularly long word and a waiter looked in to see if we were calling for anything and then went away .
5 Years of irresponsible budgets have obliged America 's fiscal policy to work perversely at a particularly awkward moment .
6 I realized that at a particularly good moment , at five forty-eight this morning .
7 The loss of important relationships and retirement from a job , with its easy access to daytime companionship and the outside world , can also come at a particularly vulnerable time in life .
8 The British Medical Association and the Royal College of Midwives said yesterday that unless cash is allocated for proper counselling , routine testing could put pressure on women at a particularly vulnerable time .
9 We challenged and supported each other through the stresses of daily living , where women , who were at a particularly vulnerable point in their lives , had to make hard choices about their future and gain the strength to struggle through and survive .
10 Ronald Reagan 's election to the White House occurred at a moment when the credibility of the American presidency was at a particularly low ebb .
11 But if access to the ordinary commercial activity of a shopping precinct were to be blocked for a considerable period at a particularly busy time of day , so that people were prevented from conducting their ordinary business and social affairs , there is a disruption of sufficient significance to warrant the imposition of conditions .
12 But perhaps above all it was that his candidature was unreservedly supported by Tawney , who knew him well , which convinced the appointing committee that Jacques had the background experience , commitment and personal qualities required by the District at a particularly difficult point in its existence .
13 As it fell out he was one of the few successes at Selhurst Park at a particularly difficult time for the Palace club .
14 But ‘ Mr Donald ’ , as he is known to his staff , has inherited the top spot from his father Christopher at a particularly lean time in the lift business .
15 One group among these plants , the cycads , survives today and shows the development at a particularly dramatic stage .
16 The number of psychology Ph.Ds in these expanding areas taken by women , is increasing at a particularly fast rate .
17 At a particularly exciting point I dropped it between the seats in front , and insisted that my parents ask the people to look for it .
18 The reader feels entertained , but in an excluded sort of way , rather as though he or she were the butler at a particularly lively dessert at Lincoln 's Inn .
19 Between 1983 and 1987 , long-term funds made net acquisitions of government and company securities at a broadly similar rate , of about 2bn per annum .
20 At present , other matters are proceeding , but I can tell the hon. Gentleman — I am grateful to him for seeking clarification — that in respect of a further order for type 23s , I expect that to be at a broadly similar interval comparing this with the previous order that was placed .
21 Half of these children belong to the families of the unemployed , and many belong to families who have work but at a desperately low rate of pay .
22 The Trust is a long-standing and valued connection at the Branch and it was a pleasure to have many local dignitaries in attendance at a splendidly friendly occasion .
23 Club cruises start at a remarkably low price from Corfu or Rhodes with itineraries that take you to some of the most idyllic of the Greek islands .
24 Many of the submerged banks and the bottoms of the lagoons of the atolls seem to be at a remarkably uniform depth , as one would expect if they represent an important phase of planation during a long period of preglacial stability .
25 Birmingham is well served by public transport , while its frequently denigrated ring road system allows traffic to flow at a remarkably fast pace ( 17.5mph in rush hours compared to central London 's 9 or 10mph ) .
26 With the Punks , of course , this jumble-sale of fashion would arrive at a self-consciously surreal conclusion in that the scraps were now held together , literally and very visibly , with safety-pins .
27 Any member of my profession ( the second oldest ) will tell you that not a Sunday goes by without a request for you to present your battered old body at a similarly battered venue for the benefit of Dyslexic Seals , Anorexic Pastry Chefs or Friends of the Ozone Layer .
28 Ducklings at a similarly early stage in their lives also follow their mother as she leads them away on food-finding outings .
29 The volume is priced at $48 ( available from the University of Chicago Press ) and is dedicated to the memory of Guy Bauman , associate curator in the Met 's department of European paintings , who recently died at a sadly early age .
30 As I pulled through 15 feet of brittle biscuit flakes to get at a wickedly inaccessible peg , my sack kept jamming in the bottle-walled groove .
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